CNN Editorâ€™s note: During the month of Ramadan, Muslim in 2010, CNN Internationalâ€™s four-week series on modern Islam looks at what it means to be Muslim in the 21st century. Muslim in 2010 travels the world capturing the debates and the issues — and profiling Muslims who are embracing their faith in 2010.

A non-denominational church, The Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville Florida is planning to desecrate the Qur`an by publicly burning it on 9-11 in remembrance of the victims of the infamous and dastardly events of September 11. They want to carry out this despicable act despite a permit denial by the local authorities.

â€œMen are the protectors and maintainers of women, because Allah has given the one more (strength) than the other, and because they support them from their means. Therefore the righteous women are devoutly obedient, and guard in (the husbandâ€™s) absence what Allah would have them guardâ€ (4:34).

A famous general/politician once said, â€œThe only thing we have to fear is fear itselfâ€. That may be true if you are speaking in generalities only. If you are afraid of the scrutiny of other people or their criticisms, then you will have a fear of them and be under their power, unable to utilize your own.

Iranâ€™s new weapons platform, dubbed ominiously â€œthe Ambassador of Deathâ€ by President Ahmadinejad, has been mocked as an â€œEnvoy of Annoyanceâ€ by Noel Shachtman of Wired Magazine, however the drone could potentially be an important development in the Iranian arsenal.

Our founding fathers would be rolling in their graves if they saw the Oakland pressâ€™s editorial opposing a group of America citizens, who wish to build an American Mosque to practice their faith, at least two blocks from ground zero.

The National Football Leagueâ€™s Ownerâ€™s Committee this week voted to accept Stan Kroenke as majority owner of the St. Louis Rams, thus ending Pakistani-American Shahid Khanâ€™s attempt to purchase a controlling share of the team.

Klamath Falls, OR–August 20th–This article is directed toward American Muslims and especially Pakistani Americans on the District of Columbiaâ€™ attitude towards aid, which has been considerable, to Islamabad for the floods, and how Pakistanâ€™s and others can most effectively react to the tragedy.

Our founding fathers would be rolling in their graves if they saw the Oakland pressâ€™s editorial opposing a group of America citizens, who wish to build an American Mosque to practice their faith, at least two blocks from ground zero.

A group of high school students from the DeLaSalle School in Kansas City, Mo., and their mentors, including engineers from Bridgestone Americas’ Technical Center in Akron, Ohio, have just concluded tests on a student-built electric car at Bridgestone’s Texas Proving Grounds — and may have set a world record for efficiency.